Board amends agenda, approves consent items and sends superintendent evaluation to closed session

At the May 19 meeting the Bloomfield Hills Schools Board of Education took a series of procedural actions, including an amendment to the published agenda, a vote to convene a closed session for the superintendent evaluation, and approval of consent items and OCSBA business.

Trustee Noble moved to amend the agenda to relocate the closed-session item into the 2e slot; the board adopted the amendment (voice vote) and recorded the motion as passing 4–0. Later, a motion was made and seconded to "convene a closed session in accordance with MCL 15.268, section 8 a, to discuss the evaluation of the superintendent." That motion passed by majority vote and the board prepared to go into closed session for the evaluation topic.

On routine business, the board approved the consent agenda — which included grant-funded water-filtration procurement and bus replacement purchases — by motion and recorded a 4–0 vote. Trustees also voted to approve proposed amendments to the Oakland County School Boards Association bylaws and to adopt new and revised OCSBA resolutions; both motions were approved 4–0 as presented.

The meeting record shows movers and seconds as recorded in the transcript: Trustee Noble initiated the agenda amendment; a later motion to convene closed session was made by an on-record trustee speaker and seconded as noted on the record. The transcript cites MCL 15.268(8)(a) as the statutory basis for convening a closed session to discuss the superintendent evaluation.

Next steps: the board proceeded with the pledge and later reconvened to hear student intern presentations and other items; the closed session occurred as a procedural item under the OMA statutory provision cited.